Mali: 1,000 trucks stranded in roads protest

KATI (Mali), Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 trucks loaded with merchandise were blocked at the entrance to Mali’s capital Bamako on the fourth day of protests against the poor state of the country’s roads. The line of trucks snaked about a dozen kilometres along the road that leads…

Peru, Colombia propose emergency Amazon summit as fires blaze

Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra (R) and his Colombia’s counterpart Ivan Duque LIMA, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru and Colombia proposed an emergency Amazon summit for countries in the region in order to coordinate a strategy to protect the vast rainforest currently blighted by numerous fires. The Amazon is known as…

Mexico: 4,200 Children orphaned by femicide in 9 months

MEXICO CITY, Aug 29 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — A total of 4,245 children have been orphaned in Mexico since December 2018, due to 2,192 homicides and femicides, the National Institute of Women (Inmujeres) reported. Inmujeres revealed the figures of a census that concluded recently in which it was revealed that 173…

Venezuela: Miracle Mission has helped six million people recovered their sights, says Pres Maduro

CARACAS, Aug 29 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reported that more than six million people in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa have recovered their sight after receiving surgery through the Miracle Mission. During a meeting to review the quality of medical services, Maduro noted that this project…

UHC, Dongo Kundu SEZ top agenda as Kenyan President meets Japan PM

YOKOHAMA (Japan), Aug 29 (NNN-KBC) — The ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dongo Kundu dominated talks between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the ongoing TICAD 7 conference…

500,000 Cameroonians flee Anglophone regions in face of lockdown: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than 500,000 people have fled conflict in the southwest and northwest Anglophone regions of Cameroon in anticipation of a lockdown called by rebels, a UN spokesman said. “The humanitarian situation in the two regions continues to deteriorate with 1.3 million people, a third…

UN calls for international support for refugees in Libya

Displaced children in an abandoned building used as temporary refuge for displaced civilians in Tripoli TRIPOLI, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — A UN official stressed need for additional support from the international community for refugees in Libya. Kelly T. Clements, deputy high commissioner for UN Higher Commission of Refugees (UNHCR), made…

Italy: Pres Mattarella to ask caretaker PM Conte to form M5S-PD coalition gov’t

ROME, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Italian president Sergio Mattarella summoned outgoing Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Thursday in order to ask him to try to form a new coalition government. “President Sergio Mattarella has summoned professor Giuseppe Conte Thursday at 9:30 a.m. (local time),” the president’s office said in a…

Update: Thousands gather across Britain to protest against PM’s announcement to suspend Parliament

LONDON, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thousands of people gathered in city squares across Britain to protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement he is to suspend the House of Commons. Protestors, waving banners, accused Johnson of staging a political coup. Opponents of Johnson claimed his decision, sanctioned by Queen Elizabeth,…

Drought: China donates 30,000 bags of rice to Kenya

NAIROBI, Aug 29 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Kenya has received a donation of rice from China to help with government efforts to combat drought in parts of the country.Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Devolution and ASALs, Eugene Wamalwa, disclosed that China had donated 30,000 bags of rice.“Just received a donation of…